Harry Van: [at a train station] Well, we gotta be pulling out now babe.
Irene Fellara: I know, but not together.
Harry Van: No, not together. You go your way and I go mine. But I got a hunch we'll see each other again. Sometime.


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: [last line domestic version] Hey, over here boys! Over here! See the big show. See the greatest aggregation of talent in the world.


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: [to Irene] Excuse me, but were you always blonde?


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: [to the waiter] Get me a scotch, and, uh, put ice in it. If you haven't got any ice, go out and scoop up some of that beautiful white snow.


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: [to the waiter] Seems to me everyone would be happier in Europe if they learned how to make a decent cup of coffee.


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: I'm a thinker, not a performer.


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: It's a pleasure to be entertaining, but you can't get away with it.


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: Maybe that's what I like about you, Irene. You're so beautifully phoney.


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

Harry Van: You can call that sentimental, Mrs. Weber, but that is true.
Irene Fellara: Forgive me, but that is not my name.
Harry Van: Oh. I thought...
Irene Fellara: I know what you thought. Mr. Weber and I are associated in a sort of business way.
Harry Van: I see. Um, business is pretty good, isn't it?


--Clark Gable (as Harry Van) in Idiot's Delight

James Gannon: [providing an impromptu lesson to Barney] By the way, you heard about it, didn't you?
Barney Kovac: What?
James Gannon: Found him dead.
Barney Kovac: Who?
James Gannon: Boss.
Barney Kovac: No kidding. When?
James Gannon: Two minutes ago.
Barney Kovac: Where did they find him?
James Gannon: In his office.
Barney Kovac: What did happen?
James Gannon: Some dame shot him.
James Gannon: Some dame sho... Why?
James Gannon: Barney, you have just asked me six very important questions: who, what, where, when, how, and why. That's what every news story should answer.


--Clark Gable (as James Gannon / James Gallangher) in Teacher's Pet